Nitehawk Cinema is serving up quite a tasty treat at special screening of A CHRISTMAS STORY
DECEMBER BRUNCH & MIDNITE — NAUGHTY AND NICE: A CHRISTMAS STORY (Bob Clark, 1983)
Nitehawk Cinema
136 Metropolitan Ave. between Berry St. & Wythe Ave.
Wednesday, December 11, $75, 7:15
718-384-3980
www.nitehawkcinema.com
Once upon a time, there was a little cult movie that so perfectly captured the real Christmas spirit that it was a special holiday gift for those few who knew of its myriad charms. But when word got out, it sure got out, making A Christmas Story more ubiquitous in December than It’s a Wonderful Life. In fact, TBS will once again host a twenty-four-hour marathon of the film beginning at 8:00 on Christmas Eve, and the stage musical is back in New York City, running December 11-29 at the Theater at Madison Square Garden. In A Christmas Story — which is directed by Bob Clark, who also made Porky’s and another holiday favorite, 1974’s Black Christmas — radio legend Jean Shepherd narrates stories based on his own life, which deal with light-up leg lamps and crossword puzzles, saying fffffffffff-udge and eating soap, shopping for trees and visiting Santa, but mostly, of course, they’re about family. And this is one crazy family, with Darren (Kolchak) McGavin as the grumpy Old Man, Melinda Dillon as his much-too-sweet wife, Ian Petrella as younger brother Randy, and Peter Billingsley as Ralphie, who dreams of getting his very own official Red Ryder carbine-action two-hundred-shot range model air rifle. And yes, little Scotty Schwartz, who plays Flick the pole licker, did indeed become a porn star, appearing in such naughty romps as New Wave Hookers 5, Dirty Bob’s Xcellent Adventures 35 & 36, and Still Insatiable. There are many ways to see A Christmas Story this holiday season, but the best might just be at Nitehawk Cinema’s “Naughty and Nice” Film Feast on December 11 at 7:15, when the movie will be shown along with a menu specially created for the screening. The four-course dinner begins with chestnut and cranberry stuffing bites with snap ginger liqueur whipped cream, paired with an Ovaltini (Lovely, Beautiful, Glorious Christmas), followed by bacon-wrapped meatloaf served with Yukon gold mashed potatoes and braised red cabbage, to be washed down with “Oh Fuuudddggggeee” chocolate stout (Mrs. Parker’s Comfort Food). Next up is roasted duck breast with Bumpuses’ egg roll in a spiced orange reduction, accompanied by hot mulled wine (Chinese Turkey). And finally, for dessert, there’s coconut snowball cake (Pink Nightmare). Now, that sounds like a Christmas dinner you’ll never forget.